Forge Mods for Minecraft 1.21
Browse 33 free Forge mods for Minecraft 1.21 — popular picks include Distraction Free Recipes (EMI / REI / JEI), Despawn Tweaks, APTweaks: Core (11.x Classic).
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Distraction Free Recipes (EMI / REI / JEI)
Automatically hides the recipe viewer when not searching.
Despawn Tweaks
Optimization mod that fixes cases where mobs will be prevented from despawning.
APTweaks: Core (11.x Classic)
The core is required for all adaptive performance tweaks modules and provides a shared API, monitoring functionally, events and commands.
Performance Tweaks
Several optimizations and bugfixes. Entity Collision FPS fix, Let-Me-Despawn, railway optimization and alternate current.
Mob AI Tweaks
Tweaks certain mob AIs, major or minor. Reworks the Wither and Ender Dragon boss fights!
Tick Tweaks
Optimization Mod for Tick Rates
APTweaks: Items (11.x Classic)
Item clustering (fallen blocks, experience orbs, ...) and garbage cleanup.
APTweaks: Spawn (11.x Classic)
Optimization for monster spawn events and spawner.
APTweaks: Player (11.x Classic)
Protects players during login and provides a special "easy" mode for less experience and child players.
APTweaks: Gamerules (11.x Classic)
Automatically adjust the random tick speed, entity cramming, raids, patrol, trader and insomnia based on the current server load.
Magitech Fantasia
A Magic Pack built around magic mod interactions with tech mods and a focus on the balance of Beauty, Content, Performance, and Quality of Life.
VeinMinerBR
A simple, optimized, and safe vein mining mod focused on Quality of Life. I made this because I wanted a VeinMiner that just works without lagging the server.
Simple 3x3 Pickaxe
Utility mod that upgrades mining efficiency by allowing a special pickaxe to break a 3×3 area of blocks at once instead of a single block.
Mixin Helper
Utility mod for modpack developers that provides complete control over mixin behavior
Simple Pickaxe 5x5
Simple Pickaxe 5x5 is a lightweight utility mod focused on one goal: faster and more efficient mining. Instead of breaking a single block at a time, this special pickaxe allows players to mine a full 5×5 area in one action
MultiCore Helper
A Forge 1.16.5 CPU utility mod that adds multicore worker-thread processing, JVM/Netty thread tuning, and entity pressure tools for large modpacks.
Simple Pickaxe 7x7
Simple Pickaxe 7x7 is a straightforward utility mod that upgrades mining efficiency by allowing a pickaxe to break a full 7×7 area of blocks at once instead of just a single block.
Ceketrum Enough Items
Ceketrum Enough Items (CEI) is a sleek, highly optimized alternative to traditional recipe viewers, featuring a modern flat dark user interface.
Mostly Optimized (FORGE)
An Optimization and quality of life Modpack with lots of features. Supports 1.21.8 (1.21.9 support coming soon)
Craftables | Crafting Tweaks
A little datapack that adds recipes to normally uncraftable items and tweaks some current recipes.
Port Bridge
PortBridge is a server-side utility mod that automatically makes your Minecraft server publicly joina
Spawncap Control Utility Mod (1.21.11, 1.20.1) – Control Over Mob Spawning Limits
Spawncap Control Utility Mod gives you deep control over mob spawning limits in Minecraft, making it ideal for custom difficulty settings, performance tuning, or modpack balancing. Features: Adjust the maximum number of mobs per category (e.g. MONSTER, CREATURE, AMBIENT, WATER_CREATURE). Adds new spawn categories from other mods and set their limits. Reduce spawncaps for laggy […]
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Items Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1) – Item Clustering
Adaptive Performance Tweaks (APTweaks) is a collection of Minecraft server-side mods which automatically adjust specific settings on the server to allow a more balanced TPS/FPS. The goal of this mod is to allow a smoother experience on a server with several (=> 180) Mods. Adaptive Performance Tweaks Items Mod optimizes item behavior to improve game […]
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Core Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1)
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Core Mod is the main set of API modules for the Adaptive Performance Tweaks: Spawn mod, which are crucial for improving performance and unlocking the full potential of your Minecraft server. Features: Enhances server performance without requiring client installation. Allows users to select specific optimization modules or features based on their needs. […]
Despawn Tweaks Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1) – Smarter Despawning
Despawn Tweaks Mod fixes cases where mobs will be prevented from despawning. Features: Allows mobs that pick up items or gear to despawn naturally. Drops held loot properly when mobs despawn. Allows mobs that spawn from spawners to bypass this rule, optionally only in specific structures. Improves performance on both dedicated servers and in singleplayer. […]
Vanilla Icecream Fix Mod (1.21.4, 1.20.1) – Crash UI, Performance Enhances
Vanilla Icecream Fix Mod is an updated version of Runemoro’s VanillaFix. It includes bug fixes that Mojang has not addressed and some quality of life (QOL) features, such as a crash UI for Minecraft. Features: Crash UI: Replaces abrupt game closures with a crash screen, offering options to return to the main menu or upload […]
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Player Login Optimization And Protection Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1)
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Player Login Optimization And Protection Mod is designed to enhance the player login experience and provide additional protection. The mod helps protect players during the login process, ensuring a smoother and safer experience. It optimizes the login process, making it faster and more efficient. There's a special "easy" mode for less experienced […]
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Gamerules Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1) – Automated TPS Balancing
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Gamerules Mod is a server-side optimization mod designed for Forge servers, particularly those running large modpacks with 180+ mods. It automatically adjusts specific game gamerules and performance settings in real-time to maintain a balanced TPS (ticks per second) and ensure smoother server performance. Features: Server-side performance optimization targets high-mod-count environments. Automatically adjusts […]
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Spawn Mod (1.21.1, 1.20.1) – Smarter Mob Spawning
Adaptive Performance Tweaks Spawn Mod is a server-side optimization module within the APTweaks collection, built for Minecraft Forge servers running large modpacks. This module specifically targets mob spawning behavior, adjusting settings dynamically to maintain balanced server performance and prevent TPS drops caused by uncontrolled entity spawning. Features: Dynamically optimizes mob spawning behavior to reduce server […]
APTweaks: Player Login Optimization and Protection (11.x Classic)
Protects players during login and provides a special "easy" mode for less experience and child players.
SmoothCraft: Fabric & Forge Edition – Boost FPS & Visuals with Lightweight Performance Tweaks for Any Mod Setup
The best Fabric & Forge FPS modpack – boost performance and discover many visual improvements!
Optimization Ultra
This modpack consists of tons of mods, resource packs, and shaders for optimization, and beauty client sided tweaks, QOL things, and cutting edge graphics.
AstorClient
Configurable client-side HUD, themes, maps, module control and utilities for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.